SSThunder Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 I was almost famous. I was on the Dixie Dozen with Payton Manning. I met Johnny Unites(is that spelled right?), Bobby Bowden, Otto Graham when I won the Paul Horning Award He's a Green Bay running back from the first super bowl & Heisman winner. Charlie Ward didn't show up to get his award from Johnny U.(Golden Arm Award or something like that). I met Shawn Alexander(NFL running back) in high school at an awards thing. We both won players of the year in our class and I won the overall award. He's a year yonger than me. He went on to break my single season rushing record(3,044 yards), went to U of AL and is now the leading rusher in the NFL...I think. So I was close to being famous, but injuries stopped me . Oh well what can you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davechevyss Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Umm I met the guy who Darth Vader force-choked on the Death Star in Star Wars once. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I met dave prose, the real darth vader!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davechevyss Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 my uncle was the head engine builder that won the 1984 nascar winston cup championship with terry labonte in the piedmont airlines #44 chevy monte carlo ss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboyss Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Chris Rock backed into my SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim_Smoker Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Well....not exactly famous. Anyone in the Tri-State area might know these names. My great grandfather (on my mothers side) started a company called The Pure Foods Inc. He didn't invent it...however he somehow improved on it, and was the first, or one of the first people to start producing, marketing, and distributing Bullion Cubes, under the name Herb-Ox (which can still be found in stores today) (For those that don't know, Bullion Cubes are little cubes that you add to hot water to make instant soup broth). He was also one of the first people to start marketing/distributing frozen Orange Juice. Some other wierd notes....my great grandfather was born and raised in Germany. At some point or another, he was supposed to have been on BOTH the Hindenburg, and the Titanic, but never made it on either due to unknown circumstances. Once he finally made it to America, he ended up becoming good friends with another German immigrant by the name of Richard Hellmann. Richard Hellmann owned a deli, and became famous for something most of us keep in the fridge. When it came time for him to mass-market his product (actually...his wifes product), my great Grandfather loaned Richard Hellmann some money to get his factory up and running, so he could start producing Hellmann's Mayonnaise. So....has anyone ever heard of Herb-Ox?...mainly people in the Tri-State area might know of it (older generation mostly) but it was distributed around the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budhayes3 Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Johnny Unites(is that spelled right?)<{POST_SNAPBACK}> close..."Unitas" sorry to hear about your injury...the lead singer from my old band was close to becoming a major league pitcher until he suffered a shoulder injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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